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WorksheetsJHS8 - What I Know - Week 7 Module 6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. What are commonly called as “shooting stars”?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites
2. What are found in the circular or somewhat like “doughnut-shaped”
region between Mars and Jupiter?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites
3. Which Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are found on the Kuiper Belt and Oort
Cloud?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites
4. What are comets made of?
A. dust only
B. metal only
C. dust and metal
D. dust, metal, and ice
5. What do you call the shining “head” around a comet?
A. coma
B. crown
C. halo
D. ring
6. What do you call the depression caused by the objects that fell on a
planet or moon?
A. canyon
B. crater
C. plateau
D. pothole
7. Which could have probably caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
A. They caught the flu.
B. An asteroid hit the Earth.
C. They ate each other until they went extinct.
D. A meteorite came and hit the Earth causing their extinction.
8. What causes the bright sparks of light brought by meteors?
A. humidity
B. air friction
C. condensation
D. atmospheric pressure
9. What is the major difference among comet, meteor, and asteroid in terms
of structure?
A. Comet contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
B. Meteor contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
C. Asteroid and comet contain icy shell while meteor does not have.
D. Asteroid contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
10. Which of the following is the correct location of comets?
A. Kuiper Belt
B. Asteroid Belt
C. Neptune’s orbit
D. Earth’s atmosphere
11. What do you call a celestial body that reaches the Earth’s crust?
A. comet
B. meteor
C. meteorite
D. meteoroid
12. What will happen if a comet gets closer to the sun? A comet will ______.
A. expire
B. explode
C. melt and disappear
D. form a long tail made of gas and dust
13. Why do scientists study comets? It is because they _____________.
A. like studying it
B. need to survey the space
C. want to examine the mineral contents
D. want to study the origin of the Earth and other planets
14. What celestial body is shown in the picture below?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteorite
D. meteoroid
15. What celestial body is shown in the picture?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteor
D. meteorite
